Word: xinhua
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Chinese officials have formally charged Wei Jingsheng, the country's most prominent dissident, with attempting to overthrow the government, according to a report from the state-run Xinhua news agency. Wei, who served 15 years in prison for his involvement in the 1978 "democracy wall" movement, disappeared under police custody 20 months ago after continuing to speak out against the government. "It is not immediately clear whether Wei's trial is already underway," reports Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz, "but sources here think that the Xinhua report signals that the stage is set. By formally indicting Wei, Beijing must...
...military threats," the opposition Democratic Progressive Party candidate said by telephone from the boat. Taiwan has perceived the tests, scheduled to run until Friday, as a show of anger over Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui's visit to the U.S. last month. As if on cue, Beijing's official Xinhua news agency today issued a strident editorial accusing Lee of using talk of democracy to disguise dictatorial ambitions...
...demographic impact is dramatic: in South Korea, where fetal testing to determine sex is common, male births exceed female births by 14%, in contrast to a worldwide average of 5%. In Guangdong province, the China news agency Xinhua reported, 500,000 bachelors are approaching middle age without hopes of marrying, because they outnumber women ages 30 to 45 by more than 10 to 1. Alarmed by such imbalances, some governments have taken steps to limit the use of amniocentesis as a prelude to female feticide. Asian nations also hoped to influence parents by designating 1990 the Year of the Girl...
...head of the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong from 1983 until last February, Xu was Beijing's de facto ambassador to the British colony, which is to revert to Chinese rule in 1997. Though the 74-year-old Xu's Old Guard credentials are impeccable -- he was among China's early revolutionaries -- he advocated free-market reforms and was a close ally of Zhao Ziyang's. Last year, when the demonstrations in Beijing sparked sympathy protests in Hong Kong, Xu shook hands with some of the hunger strikers who gathered outside his office building...